The main language in Indonesia is the Bahasa Indonesia, but this is made a little bit more confusing by the fact that the majority of locals will also speak their own local language. For example, in the island of Java, there are locals that speak Sundanese, Javanese and other local dialects, each of which are different from Bahasa Indonesia! Fortunately, the majority of people will be able to speak basic Indonesian. Here are a few Indonesian phrases that can be useful for tourists

In Indonesia, it also common to shorten the greetings as in the English Language. For example, in the morning you may simply greet another person “Morning!” and likewise in Indonesia, you can simply greet them “Pagi!” and so on and so on. However, this does not hold true for Welcome, and you can’t simply greet “Datang!”